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Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames
by Lara Maiklem
I've been mudlarking a couple of times & I completely see why Maiklem is so obsessed by it. It's amazing to think that (quite literally) pieces of history are just lying in mud on the foreshore of the Thames waiting to be discovered.
Though you do need to know what you're looking for. A random bit of pottery only becomes interesting if you're able to roughly work out when it was made. Plus, you need to be a bit of daydreamer. Maiklem seems to take as much pleasure (if not more) in imagining how the item came to be in the river as finding it.
In fact, Maiklem's enthusiasm for mudlarking is what really makes this book work. Because she gets giddy wondering if the bit of Tudor glass she's found belonged to a window in Elizabeth I's bedroom, you also get excited.
Overall, a fascinating insight into the history of the Thames and by extension, London.
Though you do need to know what you're looking for. A random bit of pottery only becomes interesting if you're able to roughly work out when it was made. Plus, you need to be a bit of daydreamer. Maiklem seems to take as much pleasure (if not more) in imagining how the item came to be in the river as finding it.
In fact, Maiklem's enthusiasm for mudlarking is what really makes this book work. Because she gets giddy wondering if the bit of Tudor glass she's found belonged to a window in Elizabeth I's bedroom, you also get excited.
Overall, a fascinating insight into the history of the Thames and by extension, London.